Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?

If there are fifteen crows on a fence and the farmer shoots a third of them, how many crows are left?

If in a code language, DISTANCE is written as IDTUBECN and DOCUMENT is written as ODDVNTNE, the how will THURSDAY be coded as in the same language?

You have four chains. Each chain has three links in it. Although it is difficult to cut the links, you wish to make a single loop with all 12 links. What is the fewest number of cuts you must make to accomplish this task?

Can you find the missing number in the third row?
35 20 14
27 12 18
5 2 ?

Trying to tease Birbal, Akbar gave him one gold coin and ask him to buy
* something for him to eat
* something for him to drink.
* something to feed the cows
* something to plant in the garden
and most important you need to buy only one thing.

What must Birbal buy to silence Akbar?

What am I?

You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?

John was drowned by he was not wet. How?

What is harder to catch the faster you run?